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Oenopota kagana

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Oenopota kagana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. kagana
Binomial name
Oenopota kagana
(Yokoyama, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Bela kagana Yokoyama, 1927
  • Lora kagana (Yokoyama, 1927)

Oenopota kagana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Pleistocene strata from Ishikawa, Japan.

References

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  1. ^ "WMSD – Worldwide mollusc species database – Oenopota kagana". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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